Situação epidemiológica do HIV/AIDS no estado do Pará no período de 2010-2019

Abstract

Introduction: The HIV infection courses with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations from its acute to the chronic phase, being considered a global public health problem with a burden of more than 33 million deaths, considering its relevance at a global level, the implications brought due to HIV infection and aids and the factors that favor its recurrence, it is important to investigate the epidemiology of HIV/aids and the factors that influence it, evaluating the epidemiological indicators in the state of Para from January 2010 to December 2019, in order to provide pertinent information for the application of better public policies to the population studied. Objectives: To analyze the epidemiological situation of patients with HIV/aids through epidemiological indicators in the state of Para from January 2010 to December 2019. Methodology: This is an observational, descriptive and quantitative study, based on an exploratory document analysis (secondary data) using the HIV/aids epidemiological bulletin (2020) as the main source. The sample consisted of patients diagnosed with HIV/aids in the state of Para, its capital Belem, the North region and in the national sphere, analyzing the detection rate and the mortality coefficient from January 2010 to December 2019, using as analysis variables sex, ethnicity/race/color, education and exposure category. Results: The aids detection rate in Brazil, in the period between 2010 and 2019, decreased by 20%, however the North region, the state of Para and the city of Belem showed growth in their rates of respectively 20%, 37% and 43 %. The crude aids mortality coefficient shows that in the period from 2010 to 2019 there was a decrease of 21.87% in cases of death in Brazil, while there is an increase in the North, Para and Belem, respectively, of 8.47%, 26.15% and 20.43%. Conclusion: The present study evidenced a growing trend in the detection rate in the North region, mainly due to the numbers in the state of Para and its capital Belem, contrary to the trend observed in Brazil. One of the factors involved may be related to problems in data transfer between the municipal, state and national spheres.